The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-05
Last Session of the House.

WASHINGTON, March AT 8 o'clock this morn
ing the effects of sixteen-hour session visible
In the appearance of the hall of the House and the
members of that body The floor strewn with
scraps of paper and remnants of documents and re-
ports. The atmosphere in the House very inn
pure and oppressive. and well impregnated with
tobacco smoke notwithstanding the repeated appeals
of the Speaker to members requesting them to OBJ
serve the rule which prohibits smoking the floor.
Excepting dozen members whose zeal in be-
half of their favorte kept them the alert
take advantage of any opportunity to
tion the gentlemen Of the House lapsed into indif
ference, and stretched sofas in the of the
hall and in the lobbes lounging back in their chairs
with elevated their desks grouping together
in conversational mood, they endeavored to ward off
the WEAKNESS consequent upon their long vigils In
the galleries above twenty persons aimed through
out the night but most of them in recumbent
and somnolent attitudes it evident that they
not greatly interested in the very which
enacted in the House in the last night session of
The Forty ninth Congress
A few minutes after o'clock, Mr.. Blount, of Geor-
gia announced that the conference committee the
posoice appropriation bill had reached agreement
by the recession of the Senate conferees from the sub
sidy amendment The report was agreed to- thus dis
posing of the bill finally.
Mr.. Ward. of Indiana called up the veto message
the Senate bill for the erection OF public building
at Lafayette. Ind.
Mr.. Springer of illinois, raised the question of con-
sideraton and the House proceeded to kill time until
the legislative bill came from the Senate. This bill
arrived about o'clock and it Immediately called
up by Mr.. Holman who explained that the point of
difference remaining between the two houses was the
item for secretaries fer Senators.
After quite heated controversy between Mr. Towns
hend of Illinois. and Mr.. Cabell of Virginia the
former severely criticsing the House conferees for
yielding. he said to the dictation of the Senate
while tho latter vigorously defended them, Mr.. Ho
man moved that the House recede from its disagree
ment to the senatorial clerk amendment
Mr.. Bayne. of Pennsylvania, moved that the House
recele from its disagreement to the amendment and
agree to the same. with amendment giving clerks
to Representatives Lost.
Mr.. Holnans motion received a majority vote bat
Mr. Taulbee made the point of quorum, which
consumed the time until 7:3O o'clock, when his oppo
sition was Withdrawn and the motion declared to be
carried passing the legislative appropriation bill
Although the deficiency bill had not reached the
House yet, on motion of Mr. Long, of Massachusetts
the Senate amendments to the bill non concurrec
in, and the Speaker authorized to appoint confer
once committee
Vain efforts were made at o'clock to secure ar
hours recess. but the point of quorum being re
peatedly made by members who wished to secur,
action upon bills in which they were interested cal
of the House was ordered.
Mr.Miller of Texas. presented the conference re
port on the bill amending Sections 519l-2 Revises
Statntes and it agreed to- The bill provides
tina. whenever threefourths of the national banks il
any city having population of 80, 600 shall maxi
application asking that the name of that city shall b
added to the cities named in Sections 5l91-2 th
Comptroller shall have authority to grant such re
quests; and whenever threef ourths of the nations
Banks in cities having 200 900 population shall sal